I cannot imagine how long it must’ve taken them, but the results are great!

As an aside, my linguist brain was tickled to find that in Germany, it is customary in formal situations to address lecturers with their full titles. For example, years ago when I helped Husband with his research, he was called Herr Doktor Professor in his German correspondence. I just love the variety of language use! 🙂

Many people in my social bubble have turned to handcrafts during the covid-19 pandemic as a way to pass the time and provide comfort. I’ve seen such a wide spread of projects and patterns and inspiration as a consequence, and enjoyed every one. Here’s an example.

As a word nerd, I especially appreciate repurposing letter tiles for this project (likely from Scrabble). Right outside an exterior door may not be the best place for wood tiles, though, but I suppose thorough finishing would take care of that.

The only problem if I were doing this kind of a project might be the urge to arrange specific words here and there and getting carried away with it! LOL! 🙂 😀

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It was made in 2018 by May Yet for a friend to wear at the Tokyo Comic Con. Sadly, the original post where I found it is now gone, but Yet wrote a new post where they give a bit more info and show new photos.

The dress is so gorgeous you could also wear it for semi-formal, non-geeky events. The absolutely best feature is that IT’S BIGGER ON THE INSIDE! Aaaaah! 😀

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Whoa – the 1980s tv series MacGyver is now available on DVD. I had no idea! Husband and I’ve been borrowing it through the local library.

Technically we’re both rewatching it, although neither of us remembers much, just details or perhaps a line from time to time. There’s quite a shocking amount of action – shooting, fisticuffs and various vehicle chases – that I apparently completely bypassed as a thing when I was a kid. Fortunately, that’s not the point of the series: MacGyver is all about problem solving and finding inventive uses for everyday items, and Mac himself famously hates guns.

The first season has some inconsistencies, but once they got the character and the rest of the cast figured out, MacGyver settled into a generally considerate and polite, sensitive male action hero model. (There are some glaring deviations which may be due to rotating writers; I don’t know.)

Although the marketing copy on the second season DVD cover really makes me crack up: “His mind is the ultimate weapon.” (Can you imagine a deep, sonorous male voice reading the line!) LOL! 😀

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Europe is already there, but here in the U.S. the release of Avengers: Endgame will take place tonight. In honor of Stan Lee et al., plus the remarkable sequence of 20+ Marvel Cinematic Universe stories, here are some of the cast members singing together:

Their version of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” is delightfully tweaked to fit the MCU. I also love how zooming out, at the very end, the comic panels form a photo of Stan Lee. A very fitting homage.

Husband and I are still figuring out when we’ll be able to get to the theater. This weekend, definitely. Until then, time to hide from spoilers!

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